Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Church is true. The Book is blue. God's a Mormon. And Jesus too. :)

10/13/2014

It's week 6 of this transfer already. Can you believe it?!
Woo doggies. It flew. (Her companion Sister Hwrd will
be returning home next Tuesday so Darcie will take her to the mission home on
Monday and then one of the other sister missionaries whose companion is also going home will stay with her until transfers
Wednesday)

This week was pretty sweet! Last Monday, we did the normal
P-day stuff then we picked up the Fishers sisters (Sister Wlknsn – a former companion is in Fishers now! Woot woot!)
and headed down to Cumberland to play some soccer. It was pretty fun. Then we
headed out on exchanges. We dropped Sister Hwrd and Sister Wlknsn off in
Fishers then Sister Plc and I went out to Chick-fil-A with the Bmns then went
to their hotel/apartment/house/whatev...to share a message!

Tuesday, we had a crazy day! We taught Rch in the morning
and he dropped us. He's just researching for the history and proof, so he's not
going to feel the spirit doing it. But he'll come around eventually! Then we
went out and tried to contact some referrals, went and taught our investigator
Crl. She's doing really well! She's excited about everything! Then we shared a
message with the Flnrs. Their 2 Lhasa Apsos are so cute...don't really look
like Daisy (our dog that we had for 12 years)
though. We stopped by and saw a less-active couple that are getting married on
Halloween (well, they're workin' on it...) Then we had some ice cream for lunch
and then headed to an early dinner appointment with Sister Plmr. Her little
kids are hilarious. Then we went and tried to teach Bn but his wife is having/had
twins and they were leaving so we only got to share a snippet of a lesson. Then
we contacted some referrals then Sister Stdmn picked us up and we went and
contacted our miracle of the week! Her mom and step-dad are being taught in
White River and she was interested in learning so she sent in a mormon.org
referral but we never got it (turns out the Elders did but they couldn't
contact her because the number was wrong and the door was locked to her
apartment building) so she told the White River Sisters and they texted us and
we went and taught her and gave her a baptismal date right then on the first
lesson. It was awesome. She is so excited and so prepared. Miracles happen!
Then we had an exchange review in the car drivin' back and exchanged back!
Wahoo!

Wednesday, we did a little contacting in the morning, went
and taught Sbrn, then headed to Fishers cause we got to see Meet the Mormons
again! It was even better the second time. It's just filled with the spirit.
Then we went to the Grnr's for dinner. Turns out Brother Grnr's brother lives
down on the water skiing lake in Fielding/Riverside (by
Hampton Ford) in one of those Mansions. Brother Grnr also went to USU.
Go Aggies. We just went and stopped by a few people and met with the Bishop to
go through the ward directory after that.

Thursday, we went and saw a lady named Stcy, who we
stopped by on Wednesday night. She was a former investigator who anti-ed
herself. But this time, she was very open and she wanted a Restoration pamphlet
and we came back Thursday cause she wanted to give away some of her skirts and
it ended up she had read the pamphlet and wanted another one, so we gave her
the Plan of Salvation. YAY! Hearts change. I love it. The spirit is working on
her! And then we went and taught a referral the Stglr's gave us. Her name is Alc
and she cleans their house. She's actually from Sheridan in the Zionsville
Branch but she's always in Carmel. She is awesome. Then we weekly planned, went
and saw Anl (he watched conference and we taught him about the priesthood.
We're pretty sure he felt the spirit but just kind of like with Rch, he's in
the gray area. It was funny because he was like "If you can't answer my
questions, we're going to have to get a priest from the seminary or
something." We proceeded to tell him we didn't have a seminary and he
didn't believe us hahaha). Then we went to the Hwll's for dinner, then went and
taught Ang with Sister Bmn. Seriously, she's so prepared.

Friday, we had Zone Meeting down in Cumberland. We got to
go out and PC in an apartment complex there. We met this guy named Jms and he
was definitely high and we talked to him for a bit and then said something
about being Mormon and he completely turned. Sister Hwrd said her dad baptized
her and he said "Oh you're going to have to be rebaptized then"
hahaha. And we told him Jesus is Mormon and he said "No way is Jesus
Mormon" And we said...wellllll not necessarily Mormon but He is a member
of the Church of Jesus Christ which at this point is the Mormons. haha
Missionaries are supposed to go back there soon, so we'll see how that goes.
Then we had lunch and headed back to homeplace. We had a couple appointments
cancel, so we saw a less-active and taught a few random people then headed to dinner
with the Bmn's at Bazbeaux's. We had shrimp pizza and mexican pizza. It was
pretty good. Then we saw the Vn Brgn's and a potential and taught a guy over
the phone (who must have been drunk because we set up an appointment with him
the next day and we showed up and he had no clue hahaha).

Saturday, we gave Crl a church tour, ate at the church and
finished up weekly planning then we headed out to see the said drunk guy who
owns a limo company. We're supposed to go back Tuesday, so we'll see if he
remembers. Then we just went out and talked to a bunch of people, shared a
message with the Flnr's because it was their 61st anniversary, went to the Fts
for dinner, taught another member family, then went and taught Ang again. It
was so funny because her friend tried to anti her and she just couldn't
understand why her friend was being so close minded hahahaha. She seriously is
ready to be Mormon.

Sunday, we had meetings and then church. It was the
primary program and it was adorable! Ang came and loved it and made some good
friends already! Sad thing is that she might move back to White River soon :(
But it's all good. Then after church we ate (Funny story. We forgot to grab any
food from the apartment so on the way to the church, I jokingly said
"Heavenly Father, please let someone bring leftovers to church for
us" and lo and behold, our ward mission leader, Brother Brghm, showed up
with some leftovers for us. God answers prayers.) then went to teach Ndn (the
one from Jamaica) but only her husband was home. He said she would be back
soon. So after an hour of talking to him and her not showing up, we had to
leave for our dinner appointment with the Bry's. Then we went to Why I Believe.
Sister Flnr spoke and did so good! It was awesome! And we got to see the Schmlfldt's
again. He's going to practice and bring me Molasses bread (I sent him the recipe – it is one of Darcie's favorites) at
the next Why I Believe. Wahoo! Oh and we also got mooned on the way to Why I
Believe. Always an adventure in the ghetto of Indy! :)

And here we are. Something I learned this week was from 2
Nephi 25. I love how Nephi talks about how we need to serve with all of our
might, mind, and strength. The difference between someone who just goes through
the motions and someone who is actually a disciple is someone who puts their
heart into something. If you don't have heart, then we don't really ever see
the blessings from going through the motions. But if we give everything we have
and are (reference to Mosiah 2), we really do become instruments in God's
hands.

Questions from letters:

Some of the people who work on the temple live here and
some move to different sites of temples. Just depends. We have a good mix of
both. (I had asked about the people working on the
temple, if they lived there or come and live during building and then move
somewhere else)

Is Brother Hvl on the Colt's roster? We're eating at their
house this week. Maybe I'll become a fan. Who knows. (He
is on the reserve roster)

Chick-fil-A is still just pretty alright. Don't love it.
Don't hate it. (Always told me she didn't like it but I
never understood why)

Yes I did tell Brother Frstne Mark's son was in the
mission. I didn't get to talk to the Snowville lady long enough. I'll have to
find her again. (Brother Frstn used to live in
Snowville and played football with Mark Weese - Mark's son is now serving in
the Indiana Mission)

Yes I did do a secret grandma thing in YW. I actually
think Dora was mine. (I had told her that our YW were
starting a secret grandma activity. Sister Dora Peterson – our YW president's
grandmother – was Darcie's secret grandmother. Sister Peterson passed away last
Friday – she was always one of our favorite ladies.)

Hopefully someone from a foreign country looks up the
church because of my blog! :) (I told her that her blog
shows some foreign visitors)

I have only had children come to the door naked. Possibly
some adults hiding behind the door naked, but no full nudity. Other than being
mooned this week haha.